To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

Topics: Principles Quotes

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers...

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been...

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been...

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the...

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the...

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned...

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned...

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has...

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has...

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to...

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to...

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921...

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all...

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the...

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the...

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The...

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The...